Re: [xml] XML for config files



Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
Rick Jones wrote:
Sorry, I was being cranky there.
But, in my experience, XML config files are harder for sysadmins to 
edit than simple text files.  I guess if they are only / mostly going 
to be edited by programs rather than people then they are OK.
I do rather like their heirarchical nature though - is there a simple 
text file analogue?
Apache uses a pseudo HTML style, like

<Location /foo>
 ...
</Location>

and DOS .ini files use [section] for two level hierarchies. But I guess most config files don't have or need hierarchies, and if you do, then XML would be the way to go.
Cranky or not, I appreciate the input. Your initial response did remind 
me of a rather ungainly XML configuration file for some IP phones I use. 
OTOH my configuration file isn't too large, around 12 elements minimum. 
Hopefully it isn't too hard to edit. However, it can indeed benefit from 
a heirarchial layout. Aside from that, the validation against a 
statically compiled DTD appealed to me, as opposed to cooking up my own 
parser(wheel reinvention).
Thanks,
Jason Valenzuela



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